Among the myths and lies that get flattened . . .

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Bush did not violate the FISA. (Yes he did)

Bush did not break the law. (Yes he did)

History shows Presidents have the power to violate the law, especially in times of war. (No it doesn't)

History shows that other Presidents like Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter did the same by overriding FISA. (No it doesn't)

Secret warrantless spying of Americans was/is required for national security reasons, since FISA was inadequate, and secret spying could have prevented 9/11. (No it wasn't/isn't and probably couldn't)

The secret spying only focused on Al Qaeda, terrorists and their supporters and one end of the intercepted communications was always in foreign soil. (Uh...No)

The leak to the New York Times, of Bush's secret spying on Americans, was a crime and had nothing to do with whistleblowers. (Rubbish)

Bush's critics are just partisan political hacks. (Takes one to know one...but wrong again)

Top Democrats in Congress supported the illegal spying. (No they didn't)

You can trust Bush 100% to not misuse the spying program (Hmm...maybe we should ask Christiane Amanpour about that one)

So keep this link handy for rapid-response rebuttals when all the president's pawns slime the truth. Great work, TR, and kudos also to Armando and all the other blogger elves who provided much of the air-tight source material. Now let's go squash us some right-wing bugs. Yeeee-haw!